Norse Flashcards
Yggdrasil
World tree, all connects the nine worlds ?except for muspellheim?
Odin
All father, god of wisdom, magic, and poetry- has breast plant- serious for he knows the end-Gungnir spear/trident, dropnir rings- doesn’t eat- one eye- 2 wolves 2 ravens 8 legged horse- Valkyrie
Sleipnir
Odin’s 8 legged horse, Loki’s child
Midgard
The world/land of men
Tyr
God of battles, legal matters, and assemblies- Fenrir bits off his hand “one hand god”
(Tuesday)
Svartalfheim
Dark elves land
Balder
Most beloved god, first to die, Odin and Frigga- makes all things swear not o harm him except mistletoe- Loki knows this all the gods throw thing at him, nothing harms him- Hoder, brother, blind, Loki gives him mistletoe and he throws it killing him instantly, the all beg hel, they have to morn, Loki refuses put in cave with acid snake
Asgard
Home to aesir gods home to dead/resting place
Vanaheim
Home of vanir gods
Jotunheim
Home of jotuns
Loki
Son of giant, raised by Odin and frigga, malice, cunning, god of wickedness, trickster, weird children
Freya
Goddess of love and beauty, twins, vanir god
(Friday)
Heimdall
Protector of the bifrost
Hoder
Balders brother, kills him on accident , blind, son of Odin and Fregga
Valhalla
The training hall, people who have died go train for ragnarok
Jotuns
Giants, live in jotunheim
Valkyries
Under odins rule, ride wolves, have to have died from- child birth, in battle, die with husband
Aesir
Top gods, ones who live in Asgard
Frigga
Wife to Odin, known for wisdom
Hugin
One of Odin ravens- thought
Helheim
The home of hel (underworld)
Hel
Ruler of helheim, Loki’s daughter, half woman who’s beautiful and half void
Ragnarok
Day of doom, twilight of the gods, evil wins, gotterdamerung, jotuns,
Fenrir
Loki’s son, wolf, get out ruin everything
Weregild
The payment for unjust killing
Munin
One of Odin birds, represent memory
Niflheim
Land/Home of ice
Runes
Norse writing, connected to magic
Gungnir
Odins spear, throws it and everyone between him and the spear drops dead
Nibelung
Troll that guards gold
Tribe/family (volsunga saga)
Ginungagap
Canyon/void the world was created
Sigfried
Sinfioltli’s son, died tragically, betrayed
Strong hold of the giants
Uptgard
Ratatoskr
Norse squirrel, up and down the tree, spread rumors
Nidhog
Serpent that crews on the world tree roots
Jormungand
Thors greatest enemy, Midgard snake
Freyr
God of fertility, freya’s twin
Skrol
Wolf that chases the sun, world will end when catches
Garm
Guards helhiem